Sheridan Hart

Writer

Sheridan Hart is an artist and writer based in Perth. She recently completed a PhD at Curtin University in contemporary art and its relationship to geolocation and remote sensing. Sheridan has exhibited at The Daphne Collection, Paper Mountain, John Curtin Gallery and Turner Galleries.

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In the kitchen with Ruth Ju-Shih Li and her Mapo Tofu recipe

With exhibitions postponed, ceramicist Ruth Ju-Shih Li’s great love of food has filled the space left by clay. Here she tells us the secrets and history of her Mapo Tofu recipe.

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Festivals put craft on the horizon

Combining ancient technologies with digital platforms, craft festivals stitch and solder new connections across oceans and online.

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Nalda Searles on circumnavigating the art/craft divide through meandering creativity

In this interview, while preparing for her retrospective show Finders Keepers at Mundaring Arts Centre, the West Australian artist Nalda Searles talks about her four-decade long textiles-based practice, adapting to the changes life throws in your way, channelling her dark humour, and committing to creativity.

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Art is on the move in Freighting Ideas

In its touring program Freighting Ideas, the Art Gallery of Western Australia (AGWA) is sending its artworks on an ambassadorial tour throughout Western Australia to near and distant regional galleries.

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Louise Zhang colours the world

Melding motifs from Chinese culture with Biblical imagery and her own experiences, Louise Zhang’s alluring paintings reach far beyond the gallery.

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The Other Portrait

In the group show The Other Portrait, at both UTS and SCA galleries, artists/curators Cherine Fahd and Julie Rrap explore the idea that ‘the other’ is always about the self.

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Prue Venables on having itchy fingers and creative hands

In 2019 the Australian Design Centre invited ceramicist Prue Venables to exhibit a new collection of her enigmatic, metal-augmented porcelain objects as part of their Living Treasures series. The exhibition is still touring the nation and has recently arrived at Design Tasmania.

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Dale Harding: Through a Lens of Visitation

Dale Harding collaborates for the first time with his mother Kate in Through a Lens of Visitation at Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA). Together they explore their relationship to Country and ponder issues of access.

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Carla Adams on Albert Tucker’s ghost, internet dating and the colour pink

Carla Adams, who is showing alongside the late painter Albert Tucker at AGWA, uses pencils, paint, textiles and lots of pink to take on the messy business of online dating.

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Ryan Presley tells us the story behind his images

Rich with symbolism and colour, the prints and paintings of Ryan Presley give a sharp and deeply compassionate history of Indigenous experiences with governance and power in Australia. He tells us the potent stories behind five of his artworks.

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Olga Cironis on the intimate shared language of art

Over many months, Olga Cironis has been recording personal stories about love and connection. She talks about working collaboratively with strangers, and the intimate catharsis of speaking one’s experience out loud.

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Robyn Stacey on new still lifes and old collections

As still as life celebrates the work of photographer Robyn Stacey, whose arrangements of museum holdings reconstitute the obsessions and occupations of historical collectors.

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Sheridan Hart

Writer

Sheridan Hart's Articles

In the kitchen with Ruth Ju-Shih Li and her Mapo Tofu recipe

Festivals put craft on the horizon

Nalda Searles on circumnavigating the art/craft divide through meandering creativity

Art is on the move in Freighting Ideas

Louise Zhang colours the world

The Other Portrait

Prue Venables on having itchy fingers and creative hands

Dale Harding: Through a Lens of Visitation

Carla Adams on Albert Tucker’s ghost, internet dating and the colour pink

Ryan Presley tells us the story behind his images

Olga Cironis on the intimate shared language of art

Robyn Stacey on new still lifes and old collections

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